Duchovny Sued Both Fox and Carter
After the show’s success, Fox and Chris Carter were set to make a heck of a lot of money. Before the seventh season, Duchovny filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming that Fox had cheated him out of more than $25 million. The lawsuit declared that Fox sold the rights of the series to its own affiliated companies at lower prices than it should have.
Chris Carter and David Duchovny were honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2016. Photo by Jim Smeal/Shutterstock
Also, the lawsuit alleged that Carter conspired with Fox to cheat Duchovny out of money he rightly deserved. The case was eventually settled out of court, and Duchovny was paid $20 million. And this was just one of the financial issues that plagued the series…